The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
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And 10 Pas Through White Pinc
County

tlesnake Island in San Pedro harbor
IL for the Union Pacific. II the an
nouncement were less emphatic 1t
would he reasonable to doubt its au.
ihenticity, butt fact is given without
reserve, and il is added that the COM
pany has bought thoisland for terminal
purposes The event gives significance
TO story winch was mentioned In
the Call last week regarding the
projects of the Union Pacific as TO its
connection with this coast.
A few years ago the Union Pacific
acquired the ownership of the Utah
Central railroad, which runs nearly
south from Ogden to Frisco, distance
of about ESQ miles. The expressed
intention ut the time was TO extend the
road through Western Utah and Ne
yada to the coast, bat the hard times
of 1888 So came on aud the project
was druppsd. Simultaneously the
Denver & Rio Grande company ex-
teaded their rnad to the State line
dividing Utah and Colorado, and the
Denver aud Rim Grande Western took
I'D the liae there and continued il la
Ogden. At the time this extention
was effected the intention was to re,
to the coast; but. as in the case of the
Union Pacific. hard times stopped the
work, the Denver and Rio Grande
Western got into the hands of = IT,
ceiver and the whole subject was post
poned. Quite lately deal, of the
details Of which no Information has
transpired, has taken place between
the Chicago & Burlington people and
the Denver & Rio Granie people.
Both the Denver s. Rio Graade roSds
have been taken out nf the hands of
receivers and appear To have all The
money required TO meet their ohligA-
tioas; and, more significant even than
this, the narrow gauge track 0f thv
Denver s Rio GrSnde Western has been
ssraddlsd anu a third raj land, giving
it the standard gSusr. which is tina, Of
ms Burlington aud Missouri line from
the Missouri river 10 Denver. This as,
transaction only occurred few DAYS
sgO.
The story which ne reprinted frw
weeks sgO, was tha, a bargain had bsen
made between the Caion Pacific and !
The Chicago & Burlington to build A.
;heir join, expense Ia the Coast from /
Frisco. Utah. Tie Burlington would /
begin, ofcour>e. by building 4 line from |
. point on the Denver ana Rio Granite
Western near the base of the Roam /
mountain across Utah To Frisco. Thee /
either. or bath companies jOiatly. I
would undertake the construction OF 4 /
road westward, entering Nevada in
White Pine county. and striking aer,,ss
eo1airy to meet the Carson 3 Colorado !,
ruzd somewhere in Esmeralda county. |
This latter line would thea form a
par; Of the trunk line. AMI would lie
extended "a the surveyed course into
lave, San Bernardinn and LIS Angeles
counties, finally fetching q p a, the bar
hor NJ San Perm, on the coast. This i
Is tbs story which vas eurrsn, IN LIS
Angeles a, the time the union Paei6c
MAS hrsi named in connection With the
purchase nf Rattlesoske Island. And !
il may be true.
Ne give these rumors for wha, ther
nav be worth. They are certainly
plausible. If they should prove true
there will he important changes 10 the
value ut land slong the projected lins.
SINE of tue tines agricultural and IN
the world lies in the valleys Of Utah
and Nsvzda, which the new line
would open. Il will pay you 10 lo.,k
j, np.
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